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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Google counts on Sept 20, 2006
970,000 “garter belt”
740 “GUARDER belt”
A “garter belt” is “a wide belt of elastic with supporters hanging from it; worn by women to hold up stockings” per the freeonlinedictionary. A “GUARDER” belt must be the same such belt made for the purpose of guarding something, apparently.
(See next post for “guarder snake.”)
Examples:
MyOwnMusical: July 2005… in weddings – the dad gives away his daughter to the groom , the man may kiss the bride , he removes her guarder belt and she throws her flowers away . ...
myownmusical.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_myownmusical_archive.html – 71k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
Quiz – All I Ask of You: The Wedding; Finale (A Phantom of the …You both leave to get cleaned up , ” just wait for the guarder belt . ... You sigh , ” you have to throw my guarder belt like I have to throw my bouquet . ...
quizilla.com/.../ – 30k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
Of Singing and Salad – bord du rasoir’s blog… and the garter belt (I didn’t know how to spell that either; thought it was guarder belt; you can see I’m not much into discussing weddings in type). ...
borddurasoir.vox.com/library/post/of-singing-and-salad.html – 57k – Cached – Similar p
Stockings HQ: Stockings HQ main stockings discussion forum …i recently purchased my first pair of latex stockings. when they failed to stay up on their own i used my guarder belt which caused a hole in them. ...
www.stockingshq.com/newforum/index.php/m/423182/ – 68k – Cached – Similar pages
Urban Anguish – To Hunt the HuntersAround her thigh was a guarder belt that helt a bunch of throwing knives in it , and her dagger was hidden away . In her right had was the sheath of her …
urbananguish.proboards20.com/index.cgi?board=etherealofficeblocks&action=display&thread=110930230… – 24k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
Last edited by jorkel (2006-09-20 20:13:49)
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Google counts on Sept 20, 2006
411,000 “garter snake”
61,000 “garden snake”
94 “GUARDER snake”
A garter snake and a garden snake are the same thing. Could this have originated as an eggcorn long ago, and worked it’s way into common usage?
A “GUARDER” snake must have been named for it’s tendency to guard it’s territory.
Examples
DFWstangs Forums – What kinda snake is this?They are normally found in creaky areas and you can find them in abundance locally around white rock lake. What does a guarder snake look like? ...
www.dfwstangs.net/forums/archive/index. … 67532.html – 14k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
Monday/TuesdayAnd of course they had their fun chidding me say it was a harmless guarder snake, but I hadn’t know that when I found it and wasn’t willing to reach my hand …
www.saidsimple.com/blogs/dana/100574 – 8k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
Piranha-Fury Forums > question aboutmost people are really afraid of the common guarder snake,so a rattler snake i think people will fear the most the only thing you cant do with a rattler is …
www.piranha-fury.com/pfury/lofiversion/ … 51268.html – 8k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
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